Sacha wrote:
This is the claim for a Camellia japonica in the Pillnitz Gardens
near
Dresden. A customer has sent us a pic because he thinks an
unidentified Camellia we have is the same one. But the story is
fascinating - four specimens were sent to Europe to Kew & The Paris
Botanic Garden but this in Dresden is the only one to survive. The
Dresden Camellia has a special greenhouse which is wheeled over
this
very large shrub every winter to ensure its survival and it's
*huge*
- very impressive arrangement.

Three not very good pictures:
http://camellia.de/pillsta.htm

And with the house in place, with people for scale:
http://www.dresden-pictures.com/dd/b...00228gross.jpg

The flowers look like this:
http://www.kamelien.de/link.htm


--
Mike.